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just get it re welded? Why the expense of a new Tubus rack? Things do break?

I'd quite like a different design anyway, it has got slightly bent, and I'm not sure how cost-effective aluminium welding would be?

Thanks all, very useful. I'll definitely look at Tubus. And the comments re screws are very useful. It's a Blackburn MTN rack, came with the bike second-hand - some mixed opinions here http://www.bikepacking.net/reviews/racks/blackburn-mtn1-rack/ My luggage weighs around 15kilos, comprised of two pa...

I had a strut on my rear pannier rack split at the weld whilst on my recent tour - the pic shows the road repair... no harm done, but made me think. One, I need to make sure I get a new pannier which is rated to carry a load far more than I actually carry. Two - that weight bears down on two screws ...

I use this Trangia when I am camping at a single location and touring the area. I'm guessing it might be a 1970's model. Does anyone know for sure? I bought it secondhand about 15 years ago.

It looks identical to my 1982 model, that's got a handle with holes in it too.

Came back from this trip just under a week ago. Caught the 9am ferry (don't really need to be there 7:30... but it meant I got chatting to other cyclists and met up on the ferry - the time whizzed by. Christoph, French guy, had cycled from London to the ferry, through the night. was going to cycle t...

On my most recent trip it was dark and pretty windy when I set up my tent on the first night, and in the morning I couldn't find the bag my poles went into, it must have blown away. Annoying but not a problem, and I had to nip off for the ferry early next morning. On the way back a week later I stay...

Various campsites along Avenue Verte, with my trusty Vaude Taurus Ultralight, now some 10 years old. Camping des 2 Rivières, Martigny

Municipal Camping De L Aulnaie, Dangu

Camping-International Maisons-Laffitte

I was alone on a campsite in the foothills of the Alps some years ago and woke to hear snuffling and grunting just outside the tent, so I flapped the tent and shouted and could hear something(s) running off, with a rattling sound. Next morning my rubbish bag, with a couple of tins in it, was half-wa...

LNER - judging by my experience at Newark and Grantham they are really keen on knowing that there's a cyclist needing to be loaded, and will send a member of staff to supervise you. So find a member of staff asap when you get there and let them know. Less bothered at York, but that resulted in the s...

I bought mine in 1982 in advance of my first cycle tour. It was £16 I think. I haven't used it for cycle touring for some years, I've replaced it with a series of gas burners, wheich are much smaller and lighter. The Trangia was always a bit big for one! But it and the kettle, bought much later when...

Just got back from cycling both legs of Avenue Verte, camping. Here's the campsites with distances. All fine (with one exception) and mostly 9-13 euros, Camping-International was 17. Problem campsite was camping municipal Bellerive, in Auvers-sur-Oise. This is now a GCU association campsite and not ...

As it happenned I stayed at Camping International Maisons-Lafitte, 17 euros, nice site if rather noisy - trains rather than the campers.

Thanks!
I've found that the Bois de Boulogne site is 19 euros per night for a 'pedestrian' which isn't too bad for a city site.

Hi - I'm doing the Avenue Verte next week and wondered if anyone had experience of staying in campsites near to Paris, e.g., Maisons-Lafitte, Bois de Boulogne, or others further out. These two seem well thought of but sound rather expensive.
Thanks!

Slightly surprised that no-one has mentioned that Margaret Thatcher had Dupuytren's Contracture. There was a mild media fuss about the PM going into hospital to have it sorted.